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   [in-tens]
adjective
1.
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
2.
acute, strong, or vehement, as sensations, feelings, or emotions: intense anger.
3.
of an extreme kind; very great, as in strength, keenness, severity, or the like: an intense gale.
4.
having a characteristic quality in a high degree: The intense sunlight was blinding.
5.
strenuous or earnest, as activity, exertion, diligence, or thought: an intense life.
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6.
exhibiting a high degree of some quality or action.
7.
having or showing great strength, strong feeling, or tension, as a person, the face, or language.
8.
susceptible to strong emotion; emotional: an intense person.
9.
(of color) very deep: intense red.
10.
Photography. dense (def. 4).
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin intēnsus, variant of intentus intent2, past participle of intendere to intend. See in-2, tense1

Related forms
in·tense·ly, adverb
in·tense·ness, noun
hy·per·in·tense, adjective
hy·per·in·tense·ly, adverb
hy·per·in·tense·ness, noun
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o·ver·in·tense, adjective
o·ver·in·tense·ly, adverb
o·ver·in·tense·ness, noun
su·per·in·tense, adjective
su·per·in·tense·ly, adverb
su·per·in·tense·ness, noun
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Can be confused: intense, intensive, intents.

Synonyms
2. fervent, passionate, ardent, strong.

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intense (ɪnˈtɛns)
 
—adj
1.  of extreme force, strength, degree, or amount: intense heat
2.  characterized by deep or forceful feelings: an intense person
 
[C14: from Latin intensus stretched, from intendere to stretch out; see intend]
 
usage  Intense is sometimes wrongly used where intensive is meant: the land is under intensive (not intense) cultivation. Intensely is sometimes wrongly used where intently is meant: he listened intently (not intensely)
 
in'tensely
 
—adv
 
in'tenseness
 
—n

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intense
c.1400, from M.Fr. intense, from L. intensus "stretched, strained, tight," originally pp. of intendere "to stretch out, strain" (see intend); thus, literally, "high-strung." Intensity formed in Eng. 1665 (earlier was intenseness, 1614); sense of "extreme depth of feeling"
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first recorded 1830. Intensify (1817) was first used by Coleridge, in place of intend, which was no longer felt as connected with intense.
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intense definition


  1. mod.
    serious; heavy. : Oh, wow! Now that's what I call intense!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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